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It's well understood that chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and the other apes use gestures to communicate non-verbally among one another. To date, more than 80 distinct gestures have been identified ...

Spoken language was thought of as a hallmarking characteristic of being human. There is a difference here between language and communication—we know that many other species communicate but we also ...